Will Bagley, the award-winning author of Blood of the Prophets, was recently interviewed by KEUR 90.1 radio and the Salt Lake Tribune about his new book, So Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812-1848. The story of America’s westward migration is a powerful blend of fact and fable. Over the course of three decades, almost a million eager fortune-hunters, pioneers, and visionaries transformed the face of a continent—and displaced its previous inhabitants. The people who made the long and perilous journey over the Oregon and California trails drove this swift and astonishing change. In this magisterial volume, Will Bagley tells why and how this massive emigration began.
The radio interview is fifty one minutes long, but it’s a really good interview and Will is a great storyteller, so visit KUER 90.1 for the full interview.
